Aashish Yadavally

I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, where I am also affiliated with the Cyber Security and Privacy (CyberSP) Faculty Cluster. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas under the supervision of Dr. Tien N. Nguyen.

My research broadly lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and software engineering (SE). In particular, I study whether and how large language models (LLMs) understand and reason about software artifacts and develop methods for reliably quantifying these capabilities. I use these insights to improve LLM-assisted software development processes (LLM4SE), as well as make LLM-enabled software more predictable, controllable, and dependable (SE4LLM).

My work has received multiple Distinguished Paper Awards at leading SE conferences, and my Ph.D. dissertation received the Best Dissertation Award from the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at UT Dallas!

Join SAIL@UCF

We are hiring!   I am actively looking for motivated students with a strong foundation in programming languages, software engineering, and/or AI to join our research group, SAIL@UCF (Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence Lab).

UCF is ranked #14 in Software Engineering in the United States on CSRankings (a metrics-based ranking of top CS institutions).

If your interests align with our work, reach out with a copy of your CV and background: aashish [dot] yadavally [at] ucf [dot] edu